Weird showbiz conspiracies/theories

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In 1959 George Reeves (TV’s Superman) was killed by a gunshot to the head in his bedroom while a party was going on in the house. It was ruled a suicide, but there’s a persistent theory that he was murdered.

The story I heard was that Reeves had gone crazy and become convinced he actually was Superman. He shot himself to show others how the bullet would just bounce off him. (Actually, come to think of it, I think in the story I heard he fell from a great height because he was convinced he could fly.)

A while back the actor Jim Beaver posted here. He is an expert on old Hollywood and has done a bunch of research on the subject. Here is a thread that he talked about the suicide.

Hollywoodland

There will always be speculation regarding the true circumstances of George Reeves’s death, and there are very interesting questions supporting the various theories. I have been researching a full-scale biography of Reeves for many, many years (while simultaneously starring in the odd TV series here and there), and while I began my research with a presumption of foul play, I long ago came to a thus far unshaken conviction that Reeves did in fact commit suicide. A few pertinent facts: 2002 st…